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@ni-'teh rates' garant @ffice Letters Patent No. 79,987, dated July 14, ISGS.

IMPROVED ANIMAL AblD BIRD-TRAP.

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This invention relates to certain Improvements in Animal-Traps, and consists principally in .the combiua if l tion of apivoted and -We'ighlted dopr with a hinged platform, the tv ro being nearly balanced and connected by a cord passing over a pulley, the operation of springing` the trap being performed by the balance being disturbed by the weight of the animal; also, in certain devices for resetting the trap, all of which will be fully described hereinafter. l

Figure l representsa perspective View of my trap when set.

Figure 2, a. perspective vie\v`when sprung, ivith the side removed; `and Figure?) a perspective view of the resetting-devices. i

In the drawings, e'epres-ents the door, which is suitably located in the open end of the trap, as shown, the-upper part of `which'is pivoted in snch'manner as to permit the front and. lower part to be elevated when the rear end of the upper part is depressed.

To depress the rear end of the upper part,lthe`door is heavily weighted at by which' means it is kept ,always open when undisturbed. To provide for its closing, however, for the purpose of entrapping the animal,

I have provided the vhinged platform a, which is connected to the rear end of door e by means ofl the cord d passing over pulley c. A i I The cord dis of such length that when the door eV occupies its natural position, andis open, the rear end of platform a is elevated. This platform a nearly balances the door e. I

It will beobserved that the trap is divided into. three distinct iiparts, the entrance-chamber, the rear chamber I, and the bait-chamber K, i

g represents a wire barrel communicatingbetween the front and'rear-chambers, upon one side of which is the arm h, as show vn in iig. 3. y

This arrangement is rigidlyattached `to the bent lever, upon which is the catch f. This catch is ordinarily kept in place bymeans of a spring placed in rear of it. Whemhoweverg the arm t is pushed to one side,rthe i catchf is necessarily drawn back. This'weatch sp1-ings into a notch in the platform a, when the latter isA depressed, and holds it firmly down.v y

L represents a door `in `the side of the trap, which opens into chamberswI and K, and is so arranged that when shut the 'chambers areeptirely separate.

K Vis a small chamber in which the bait is enclosed and secured from being eaten.

The operation of my trap is as follows; u i v The bait having Vbeen placed in the chamber K is in full view through the open door of the trap. An animal attracted thereby, upon enteringnnd passing to the rear of platform a for the purpose of sec'uring'it, disturbs the balance and causes the rear end ofthe platform to fall, byu-which means the weighted end of door e is pulled up andthe-trap closed. The platform, when down, is caught and securely held by the catch f. The frightened animal non', seeking a Way of escape7 passes through the only opening, the barrel g, which is exposed by the fall of-tho platform. In passing through this, however', the animal must press against the arm h, by which means the catchf is thrown backv and the platform areleased, which latter is immediately drawn up by the Weighted end of door c, and the trap thus reset. c

The operation herein described may be repeated anindenite number of times, being limited only by the capacity of the trap.Y

`This trap maybe adapted to birds byeonstrueting .it-of slats..

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as nen", and desire to secure by Letters Pat'ent,is-

1. The weighted and pivoted door e, cord d, pulley c, platform d, and catchf, all constructed as described, und combined and operated in the manner set forth.

2. In combination with the above, barrel g, arm z, bent lever and catchf, the whole. being operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

i A. T. LATTA.

v Witnesses:

M.' D. PAss, RoBT LATTA. 

